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Is Point Reyes Station, CA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Point Reyes Station, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and California’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Point Reyes Station has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and California’s records.

North Marin Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from North Marin Water District is moderately hard, typically 111 mg/L (6.5 grains per gallon). How California’s water compares.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Point Reyes Station’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in North Marin Water District’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Point Reyes Station

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab California certifies.

The 3 labs California certifies closest to Point Reyes Station, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Alpha Analytical Laboratories Inc. - North Bay

    Petaluma, CA · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS

    (707) 769-3128

  • Cel Analytical, Inc.

    San Francisco, CA · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (415) 882-1690

  • Brelje and Race Laboratories, Inc.

    Santa Rosa, CA · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (707) 544-8807

All 145 certified labs for California

ZIP codes in Point Reyes Station

Which ZIP codes are in Point Reyes Station: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: California State Water Resources Control Board, ELAP accredited laboratories and their fields of accreditation; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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